
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records North Uist, Kilphedder, Cille Pheadair as Cross (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Cille Pheadair is associated with Saint Peader (or Peadar), a 6th-century Irish saint who is said to have founded a monastery on North Uist. The site is linked to early Christian worship and pilgrimage traditions in the Western Isles of Scotland.
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Places near here
Reading the inscription on the crossChurch, cross or graveyard · 17 yd
Cross at Cille PheadairChurch, cross or graveyard · 19 yd
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BharlaisPound (post Medieval) · 744 yd
Scolpaig TowerCastle, fort or tower · 869 yd
Loch Scolpaig towerCastle, fort or tower · 870 yd
North Uist, Loch Scolpaig, Dun ScolpaigDun (later Prehistoric), Tower (early 19th Century), Quern (iron Age) · 884 yd
Carra-cromMountain / peak · 1306 yd
Bàgh SgolpaigBay · 1423 yd
Eilean Baile BharcaisIslet · 1424 yd
A footbridge to the beachBeach · 1660 ydOther information
Photo: Dannie Calder · CC BY-SA 2.0